Sylvia Sackville, Countess De La Warr
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Sylvia Margaret Sackville, Countess De La Warr,
She was the second daughter of William Reginald Harrison, a cotton broker,
Her involvement in Liverpool constituency work continued, and in 1950 that work was recognised when she was asked to become one of the first women Vice-chair of the Conservative party, a position she held until 1954.[citation needed]
On her husband's ennoblement in October 1954 she became Viscountess Kilmuir, later Countess of Kilmuir (July 1962)[5]
In 1957, she was appointed
She was Vice-President of the
Marriages
- David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir (1925–1967; his death), by whom she had three daughters, Lalage Fyfe (b. 1926, d. 1944) Pamela Maxwell Fyfe (b. 1928) later Wigram in 1950, then 26 October 1957 Blackmore, and Miranda Maxwell Fyfe (b. 1938, d. 2013) who became Cormack in 1960.
- Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr (1 March 1968 – 28 January 1976; his death)
Death
She died in East Hampshire on 10 June 1992, aged 88.[2]
References
- ^ "Rex Harrison, a Leading Man With Urbane Wit, Dies at 82". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ a b Profile, npg.org.uk; accessed 8 April 2016.
- ^ "Kilmuir Papers - Making History - an intimate history of Nuremberg". kilmuirpapers.org. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "The Humans In The Telling". thehumansinthetelling.moonfruit.com. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "Kilmuir Papers - Who was David Maxwell Fyfe? From Under an English Heaven". kilmuirpapers.org. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ a b "The Woman Engineer, volume 8". www2.theiet.org. Retrieved 7 January 2021.